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package org.apache.olingo.server.api;

import org.apache.olingo.server.api.processor.Processor;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.serializer.CustomContentTypeSupport;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

/**
 * Handles HTTP requests as OData requests.
 */
public interface ODataHttpHandler {

  /**
   * <p>Processes an OData request.</p>
   * <p>This includes URI parsing, content negotiation, dispatching the request
   * to a specific custom processor implementation for handling data and
   * creating the serialized content for the response object.</p>
   * @param request - must be a HTTP OData request
   * @param response - HTTP OData response
   */
  void process(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response);

  /**
   * <p>Registers additional custom processor implementations for handling OData requests.</p>
   * <p>If request processing requires a processor that is not registered then a
   * "not implemented" exception will happen.</p>
   */
  void register(Processor processor);

  /**
   * Registers a service implementation for modifying the standard list of supported
   * content types.
   * @see CustomContentTypeSupport
   */
  void register(CustomContentTypeSupport customContentTypeSupport);

  /**
   * Sets the split parameter which is used for service resolution.
   * @param split the number of path segments reserved for service resolution; default is 0
   */
  void setSplit(int split);

}